Refrigerating device.



PATBNTE) JAN. 15, 1907.

YN- A G. A. BAKER. REFRIGERATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1906.

Mezm l, 2M? I lTo albwhom/ it may concern:

f ldesigned for reiiigerating purposes.

ter., 'jln order to make these openings as high j UN ITED STATES PATE-U OFFICE. GEORGE A. BAKER, or oAKLA-Np, oALiroRNLi, .issioson TOGEORGE GORDON, or rauijaLE, oALirORNrA.

REFRIGERATI No. nevica.

Patented Jan. 15,1907.

Application nea April 5,1906. serai No. ambos.

' 'Be it known that I, GEORGE A. BAKER, la citizen of the United States. residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful lmprovcments in R eirigeratin g Devices, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to adevice which is It consists in the combinatlon of arts and in details of construction which il be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my apparatus, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a partial view in erspective, showing a modification.

'l is t 1e object of my invention to provide a simple easily-o erated device for preserving perishable su stances without the use of ice and to keep it Jrree from ants and` like vermin.

A-is a rame,which maybe rectangular in forni and is sufficient length to support the ap aratus at a convenlent height. The legs are preferably inserted in cups C,which contain the liquid to prev ent the ants and similar insects from ob.- tainirry access to the ap eratus. The up er pe t ol, the rectangular ame A has a rab zet cut around the inner edge, as shown at 2. 3 is a stout bar or wire bent to fit in this rabbet. 4 is acanvas bag made of a shape to tit the shape of the .Frame A, and its upper edge is secured to the rod or b nr 3, so that when the bar rests in the rabbeted groove the canvas container will be suspended therefrom. This canvas bag is designed to contain water, and after .having been saturated with water it will 'not leak to the extent of allowing water to run out, but will always keep moist, and the water permea ting the canvaswill be evaporated by the action of the atmosphere and will tend to cool the contained water.` In addition to this I have shown a series of holes or eyelets' 5 made around the upper periphery of t-he'bag below its suspending-bar and above the .surface ofthe water. This allows the air to also draw through these uppenings and to increase the evaporating s ace to the extent of the exposed upper surface of the waas'possible and at the same time allow convenient at cess to them, I have shownthe n pper part of the frame A of the apparatus as having;v grooves or channels 6 in the lower 5 edge. these grooves or channels coincidingwith the holes 5, so that while air maybe admitted to the holes the upper bar will not be :sensibly weakened.

side of the water-containing bag 4. This receptacle may be made of sheet metal, and the upper edge is turned outwardly, forming a flange 7a around the periphery, and by means of this flange the upper edge of the receptacle 7 is secured to a rim S, havin g the same shape as the top of the apparatus, and this rim is adapted to rest upon the top of the frame A, thus supporting the receptacle 7 so that its lower port-ion is submerged in the bag 4.

Q is a cover which may be hinged to the top S and serves to close the upper part of Vthe apparatus.

In order to ventilate the interior of the chamber 7 and to also expose it .more fully to 7 the cooling action, I have shown this as also perforated with holes l() around the upper periphery', so that the air In ay also pass through this chamber, if desired, to add to the cooling efl'ect and also to ventilate the chamber. Y

By this construction it will be seen that all parts-cf the apparatus may be readilyr separated. The interior chamber being removable and the exterior porous bag being simi'- larly removable the whole device can be easily renovated.

As shown in Fig. 2, the side rails A are tenoned to the posts B lower than the end rails A- and also below the holes 5 to allow a more free access of air to the holes 5. 11 is a bracket secured to the rail A and having its upper end formed with a channel to support the rod 3 and bag where it is otherwise unsupported. Tht-re maybe as many of these brackets. as the length of the spaces on each side require. The legs and frame are preferably niort-ised and tenoned together and secured by bolts, as at 12, so that they may be readily separated and all parts packed in small space for transportation.

' Having thus describedv my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent 1' 1. A refrigerating device com rising a frame, a bag-like receptacle place inerior tc aid frame having a rividrim portion projecting outwardly and a apted to rest l t g h IOO nrroove, a porous, flexible canvas container avlng the upper edge fixed to the rod Where by it is removably supported wit-hin the frame, a rim adapted to fit the top of the frame, an inner receptacle having its upper edge fixed to said rim so as to be submerged Within the porous container, or removed therefrom, said canvas container having airinlets around its upper portion circulating air over and through the apparatus.

v3. In a refrigerating device, a frame sup` ported upon legs having a groove or rabbet along the inner periphery at the upper part, a rod or bar bent to t said rabbet, a porous flexible canvas container having its upper edge fixed to lthe rod and suspended thereby within the frame, said container having holes made around the upper periphery for the circulation of air over the surface of lthe l contained liquid, an inner metal rece tacle, d

a rim to which the upper edge of tie re ceptacle is fixed, said rim resting upon the outer frame so that the receptacle may be submerged Within the water in the outer container, said container having openings through which air may also circulate above the surface of the water.

4. In a. refrigerating device, a rectangular frame having legs, and a rabbeted rim at the top, a correspondingly-shaped flexible canvas water-container, a bent bar to which the upper edge of the container is secured, and which bar fits the rabbe. of the frame, a cappiece adapted t0 rest'upon the top of the frame, a receptacle secured to said cap-piece and removable therewith, a. cover by which and receptacle having evelet-holes and perforations made around the periphery above the surface of the Water.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. BAKER.

lvitnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, D. B. RICHARDS.

the 'receptacle may be closed, said container 

